Forsaken Portals
- August 7, 2022
- Pottgames
Get on Steam"Forsaken Portals" is a top-down space simulation game with an open world set in the Milky Way. Explore unique hand-designed worlds, interact with alien races, and establish trade networks for survival. Fight when necessary in turn-based combat as you strive to win the interstellar tournament for human civilization. No information available on the release date or developer.
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Reviews
- The game features a unique card-based space battle system that many players found enjoyable and refreshing.
- The visuals and sound design are well-crafted, with beautifully designed star systems that enhance the overall experience.
- Players appreciated the mix of exploration, resource gathering, and crafting, which adds depth to the gameplay.
- The game misrepresents its core mechanics, leading to disappointment as it primarily revolves around card battles rather than the promised exploration and station building.
- Energy management is poorly designed, causing frustration when players run out of energy and are forced to lose progress.
- The turn-based combat system is criticized for being slow and unengaging, detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game.
- story3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The story serves primarily as a backdrop for the game's mechanics, focusing on card deck building and combat against increasingly challenging opponents. Players appreciate the blend of resource management, trading, and missions, although some find the narrative progression slow, with many not finishing the story despite extensive gameplay.
“Ultimately, the veneer of mining, trading, crafting, and missions has just one purpose - to manufacture more and more cards for your deck so you can defeat enemies who have progressively better decks than yours.”
“I had not expected to be able to play that long for that low price and still haven't finished the story.”
- gameplay2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The gameplay is centered around a card combat system, which users find engaging, and it effectively integrates various mechanics such as resource hunting, trading, and missions, enhancing the overall experience.
“The combat card game is the core mechanic.”
“It's not 'sometimes necessary to defend oneself.' The combat card game is the core mechanic.”
“I like the card combat system and switching between different game mechanics like resource hunting, trading, and missions.”
- graphics1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics are highly praised for their stunning visual design, with each star system crafted in such detail that players feel they could use screenshots as desktop backgrounds.
“What won me over right away was the sound design and visuals: each star system is so beautifully designed you could use a screenshot as your desktop background.”
- atmosphere1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game is engaging and immersive, particularly appealing to newcomers, as it effectively draws players into its crafted environment.
“Crafting is new to me, but the whole space atmosphere really hooked me.”
